RDAR Center Seminar Series Lineup for Spring 2024

Mark your calendars for our upcoming seminar series events! The virtual events are free and open to the public.

To Learn More and Register: https://events.unl.edu/RDAR/upcoming/

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by Nora Crimmins

RDAR Center on Seminar Series on February 8th, 2024

Tiffany Marcantonio, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Science at the University of Alabama, will join us in February for our virtual Seminar Series event. She will present “What do we need to know to prevent substance facilitated sexual assaults?”

Monday, December 18, 2023 by Nora Crimmins

Co-Hosted Seminar on Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and SU

Join the RDAR Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative on September 14, 2023, at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom for a jointly hosted Seminar Series event featuring Christal Badour, a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She will present “Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and Substance Use in Rural Appalachia.” 

Thursday, August 17, 2023 by Halley Horne

RDAR Center Seminar Series on October 12, 2023

Hugh Garavan, Professor at the University of Vermont, will be featured at the RDAR Center's Seminar Series event on October 12th at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom. He will present “Differential Associations of Adolescent vs Young Adult Cannabis Initiation with Longitudinal Brain Change and Behavior.” 

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 by Halley Horne

Event and Program Associate Job Opening

The Rural Drug Addiction Research Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative (MHDI) are searching for an Event and Program Associate! 

This position will manage the event coordination for both units and be responsible for the comprehensive management of special programming within the MHDI.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne

The 2023 Symposium on Substance Use Research is November 7-9

The annual Symposium on Substance Use Research (SOSUR) focuses on leveraging research, knowledge, and insight on substance use from across the country. This year it will be held on November 07-09, via Zoom. The virtual format will include expert keynotes, panels, and research presentations on a wide variety of substance use topics. There is no cost to attend and it is open to the public.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne

RDAR Center Seminar Series on May 11, 2023

Patrick Habecker will present “The First 600: What We Learned about 600 People Who Use Drugs in the Great Plains” on May 11, 2023, at 1:30pm CT via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KqRvCMTQpGbjsLA_DEEAg#/registration 

Saturday, April 15, 2023 by Nora Crimmins

KLKN-TV: Research Shows Many Nebraskans are Unaware of Life-Saving Drug Narcan

KLKN-TV discusses RDAR Center's recent study on Narcan with Patrick Habecker, one of the authors of the publication.

View the story: https://www.klkntv.com/research-shows-many-nebraskans-are-unaware-of-life-saving-drug-narcan/

Thursday, March 16, 2023 by Halley Horne

Nebraska Today: New Data Show Most Nebraskans are Unaware of Narcan

Nebraska Today reports on RDAR Center Researchers, Patrick Habecker, Nova Gocchi Carrasco, and Rick Bevins, new publication on "Knowledge of, and Access to Narcan (Naloxone) among Nebraskan Adults: in 2020, 2021, and 2022." 

View the Article: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/new-data-show-most-nebraskans-are-unaware-of-narcan/

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 by Halley Horne

April Seminar on Subcortical Brain Circuits Gate Motivation

On April 13, 2023, Patricia Janak will present “Subcortical Brain Circuits Gate Motivation: Implications for Addiction" at the RDAR Center Seminar Series. The virtual event is free and open to the public. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O_nXnXEETpGEyPFekFeneA.

More Event Details: https://events.unl.edu/RDAR/2023/04/13/171394/

Thursday, March 2, 2023 by Halley Horne